News
February 16, 2012
The Editors of the IMS-supported journal Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics issue a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue:
We are pleased to announce a special issue of the Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics. The issue is to be titled, “Innovative Methodology in Modern Applications.”…
The Statistics Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) invites nominations for the 2012 Mortimer Spiegelman Award honoring a statistician, 40 years of age or younger, who has made outstanding contributions to health statistics, especially public health statistics.
The award was established in 1970 and is presented annually at…
Celeb culture? Gossip? No, Rick Durrett is reviewing Emanuel Derman’s book on mathematical models in finance.
Johannes H.B. Kemperman’s research and teaching career of 50 years included ten years at Purdue, 25 years at the University of Rochester, and ten years at Rutgers. During this time he produced three major books, over 100 publications, and 23 PhD students. He was a Fellow of IMS and of…
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) has teamed up with the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) and several institutes in India (CMI, IISc,ISI, IMSC) to form the Virtual Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (VI-MSS). The Virtual Institute will sponsor joint workshops, research visitors…